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Widely recognized as the standard modern dictionary for Biblical Hebrew

Contains the exact reproduction of the character and paragraph formatting of the print edition

Search in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, English and transliterations

Every “see also” cross-reference to other articles in the dictionary has been made a hyperlink to that article

Biblical references hyperlink to biblical texts

All abbreviations are presented as hotspots, activating window pop-ups with the full expansion of the abbreviation

An indispensable tool for scholars and students in the fields of Biblical Studies, Dead Sea Scrolls, Judaic Studies, Semitic Languages, and Ancient Near East

Key Features Included in BDAG

Described as an "invaluable reference work" (Classical Philology) and "a tool indispensable for the study of early Christian literature" (Religious Studies Review)

Thanks to Frederick W. Danker's broad knowledge of Greco-Roman literature, as well as papyri and epigraphs, the new BDAG provides a more panoramic view of the world of Jesus and the New Testament

Incorporates new research, new information, and analyses while rendering translations into contemporary English

The Logos version of this resource offers unprecedented search capabilities customized to this reference work

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It goes without saying that all scholars and students of early Christianity will profit from BDAG and will want to own a copy of this fine new edition.

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Any reader familiar with the second edition (BAGD - 1979...) will notice an immediate and sharp improvement in semantic clarity and presentation in this third edition.

—Review of Biblical Literature, October 2002

This is a beautiful, user-friendly book, and the editor and the publisher deserve to be congratulated on its production. In physical appearance as well as content it marks a change in the tradition of Bauer lexicons.

—Review of Biblical Literature, October 2002

Like its predecessor, Danker will be enormously helpful to students and scholars working with the NT.

—Review of Biblical Literature, October 2002

It is without doubt the best tool of its kind that exists in any language, and the present edition is decidedly superior to the earlier ones.

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The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament

Authors: L. Koehler, W. Baumgartner, M. E. J. Richardson, J. J. Stamm

Publisher: Brill

Publication Date: 2000

Volumes: 5

Pages: 2,094

The electronic edition of the dictionary published by Brill Academic Publishers, using Logos Bible Software, contains not only the information available in the print edition of HAL, but also provides additional features that enhance its usefulness considerably.

The functionality of the digital format includes the exact reproduction of the character and paragraph formatting of the print edition. Additional functionality includes article-based navigation and extensive, language-aware, searching of Hebrew and related languages, e.g. full-text, Boolean, and proximity searches. Furthermore, every 'see also' cross-reference to other articles in the dictionary has been made a hyperlink. Biblical references hyperlink to biblical texts. As an aid to the reader, all abbreviations are presented as hotspots, activating window pop-ups with the full expansion of the abbreviation. HAL is fully compatible with over 9,000 additional Bibles and reference books in Logos.

Readership: The electronic version of HAL is an indispensable tool for scholars and students in the fields of Biblical Studies, Dead Sea Scrolls, Judaic Studies, Semitic Languages and Ancient Near East

A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature Third Edition

Author: Walter Bauer

Editor: Frederick William Danker

Edition: 3rd

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Publication Date: 2000

Pages: 1,108

Perhaps the single most important lexical innovation of Danker's edition is its inclusion of extended definitions for Greek terms. For instance, a key meaning of episkopos was defined in the second American edition as overseer; Danker defines it as "one who has the responsibility of safeguarding or seeing to it that something is done in the correct way, guardian." Such extended definitions give a fuller sense of the word in question, which will help avoid both anachronisms and confusion among users of the lexicon who may not be native speakers of English.